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Discuss the presentation and importance of Grandma Chance in the novel 'Wise Children'
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Discuss the presentation and importance of Grandma Chance in the novel 'Wise Children' In the novel, Grandma Chance is no blood relation to Nora and Dora. Grandma Chance brought them up after their mother, kitty died. 'We always called her 'grandma' and 'Chance' became our handle', so they share her surname. Dora tells us she was called Mrs. Chance, but was never married. There is no explanation for this, which builds up a mystery about the character and makes the reader want to find out more about her. 'She always put on so Rachel powder'. This description of her is significant to Dora and Nora's characters as they always 'put on our faces before we came down to breakfast'. Angela Carter's idea to make Dora and Nora like Grandma is effective because the reader feels they have grown up like their mother figure. The reader may also question that if kitty were...
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